'.THE- PITTSK t k t X k I. 3j Pje Bftpaftlt. ESTABLISHED FEBBUARY S 1848. VoLt. No.!S7. Entered at 1'lttsburi: Postoclce. November It, lsST, as second-class muter. Business Offlce--97and99FifttiAvenue. News Booms and Publishing' House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street Eastern Advertising Office, Hoom Tribune Building, cwYork. ..Average net circulation of the dally edition of Tm: DisrATCU for tlx months ending October a, 1SS3, as sworn to before City Controller, 30,128 Copies per Issue, Average net circulation of the Sunday edition of Tue DisrATCH for five months ending October -J7. 1SS3. 53,477 Copies per lssne. TEBJIS OF THE DISPATCH. POSTAGE FEEE Df THE rXITO ETATZS. 1)ah.t msrjLTCH, One Year .....S 8 00 1UILT Dispatch, Per Quarter. 5 00 Dailt IlisrATCn. One Month TO DAILY Dispatch. Including Sunday, 1 year. 10 00 Daily DisPATCU.lnclndlnKfcunday.Jm'ths. 2 50 Daily Dispatch, Including bunday.l month SO fcUKDAY Dispatch, One Year ISO Veeklt Dispatch, Ono Year 1 3 The Daily Dispatch Is delivered br carriersat Jf cents per -weeV, or Including fcunday edition, at SCcents per week. PITTSBDEG. THURSDAY. NOV. 21, 1SS9. THAT BEITISH GOLD. The very interesting interview with a Pittsburg broker who has been studying, in London, the subject of English investments in American enterprises, fully presents same very important phases of the move ment, 3Ir. "Weil's investigation shows, as The Dispatch has often declared was most likely to be the case, that the movement is largely a speculative one; that its propor tions are exaggerated by the large number of unauthorized agents who are trying to get options; and that there is a material in flation of the capital between the price at which the property is sold here and at which the investor buys it abroad. If the water does not exceed the twenty per cent stated by Mr. "Weil, it is necessary to re mark that the English investor gets off easier than his American brother. On the other hand, as an indication of le gitimate demand, it is an important theory that the talk of Continental wars leads cap ital from all over Europe to seek safety in American investments. This brings in a fac tor which serves to explain the magnitude of the demand more adequately than any other that has yet been offered. Nevertheless we imagine that our Euro Dean friends, when they find that not a sin gle one of the American companies in which they hare pnt their money has a monopoly of its business, will claim that they have been swindled. gbowh7g:wholesale tease. ' The activity which has crowded the rail roads, stifleued up the iron and steel mar kets, and kept all our mills and furnaces in active operation, is shown by commercial reports to have extended to the mercantile trade. The wholesale interests especially are full of activity, and show a large and steadily increasing trade. One of the most gratifying indications of the growth and enterprise of our city is the expansion o! the wholesale traffic which has taken place dur ing the past few years. A little more than a generation ago Pittsburg was the dis tributing point tor a vast extent of territory. Ten years ago it had lost through railroad discriminations a great share of the trade. "With improved transportation facilities 'it has regained a great portion of the old traffic, and is still extending its wholesale connections. In proportion as, in the fu ture, it provides itself with competing rail road facilities it can rely on the expansion of this element of its prosperity. PETTY FATJLT-riHDIKG. The quality of some of the criticism vis ited upon President Harrison's administra tion is very thin and strained to an uncom monly fine degree. Here we have the New York Sun in a state of mild hysterics be cause Postmaster General "Wanamaker in vited the Pan-American delegates to his store, and sent out notices to numbers of people through the mail announcing the in tended visit. But after reading all the clever and sharp things of the Sun apropos of this, about the "bargain counter" and the enormity of the Postmaster General's enter taining the delegates at his store as "an ad vertisement of his business," we are moved to inquire wherein does the offense consist? Is it wrong for Mr. "Wanamaker to stay in trade while Postmaster General? "Why should he not have the privilege of inviting the Pan-Americans to see his store, just as they were invited to see other large business concerns in every city they visited ? Also, why should not Mr. "Wanamaker, merchant, have as full right to use the mails as Jones, Brown or Robinson, so long as he duly buys his postage stamps? The anti-Wanamaker criticism we arc afraid is becoming very petty and on the whole rather senseless. It is rather a tribute to Harrison's administration that the oppo sition party finds it necessary to take tip "Wanamaker's "bargain counter" as a na- 'tional issue. BEDUCED BATES BTILL GO. The announcement of the Chicago, Bur lington and Quincy road that it will accept its reduced proportion of through rates to North western points, whetherannounccd in through tariffs or not, shows that the last attempt to screw up rates is meeting with no better success than its predecessors. This "Western railroad is evidently determined to carry freight at rates which will stimulate the movement; and the results of such rates, as shown in the present traffic of the roads, certainly afford a good deal of justification for that policy. The repeated failure of the efforts to sustain arbitrary tariffs by agree ment should begin to convince railroad managers that their only course is to put their charges ou the basis fixed by legiti mate and honest competition. SWELLING H0ETH DAKOTA. The behavior of North Dakota has been to seemly since her admission to Statehood that we regret that some careless clerk in "Washington has given a chance to the vain scoffer to cast a gibe at the new State. Of course it was accidental that the word "standard" was omitted from the official de scription of North Dakota's boundaries. The southern boundary ot North Dakota is the seventh standard parallel, a line used by the Government surveyors. In the official description, however, by the omission of the word "standard" the new State was allowed to extend vaguely southward to the seventh parallel of latitude, that is within a short distance of the Equator. "We trust this will not upset North Da kota's newly-donned modesty. She has 'been very reticent this falL Comparatively little or nothing has been heard from her - about picnics in November, and her farmers have not asserted lately their ability to pro duce more bushels of wheat per acre than any of their competitors. In fact North Dakota, unless she is reserving herself for a supreme effort in the blizzard season, is showing unmistakable signs of a change of heart. It would be a pity, indeed, if the momentary enlargement of her boundaries 'by a slip of the pen should lead to a still greater growth of her head. "We hope the cold weather will keep North Dakota calm. Because she cannot, really cannot, expect to include the isthmuses of Panama, and all the intervening country, in her majestic embrace. TEE POLITICAL GBAB GAME. The usual result of the political grab game is foreshadowed in Montana by the discovery that the Democrats will be able to deadlock the State Senate, prevent it from proceeding to the election of the United States Senators, and thus stop all business until the session is over, when the Governor can appoint two Democratic Senators. This is, of course, utterly at variance with the spirit of Republican institntions, but it is the inevitable result of the party spirit which is always ready to take an unfair or dishonest chance to twist the result of elec tions to partisan advantage. One party slips in a few dishonest votes; the other secures the returning machinery and throws out the whole precinct, securing control of the State; the first then deadlocks the Legislature and declares that public businessshall stop, the choice of the people be defeated, and the machinery of government paralyzed un less it is given the plunder. In all this there is exhibited on, both sides the utmost disregard as to whetherthe spirit of representative institntions is preserved or an honest expression of the will of the peo ple secured. If there was a desire to secure honest and fair returns, it would be very easy to settle the primary contest on non partisan grounds, aad to go on with the re sults of that settlement without delay. But all that these politicians wish is to grab the offices; and honest government and fair re turns may go hang so the party comes ont on top. The people, however, should recognize that popular rovernment is impossible unless both parties unite to secure the honest result of an election. In other words, they should be American citizens before they are Repub licans or .Democrats. To secure that im provement, however, it may be necessary to clean out the present breed of politicians. TEE PBEVALEHCE OF MUD. Complaints as to the bottomless condition of some of the nnpaved streets are heard from various parts of the city. Beports or car riages stuck in the mud, and of wagons abandoned with their loads, are rife, and the general impression is corroborated, that, off the pavements, the mud is at present some thing unprecedented. This is undoubtedly due to the remarkable rainy weather which has prevailed for the past two months, combined with the fact that heavy teaming for building operations has gone on as usual. In addition to that some of the worst cases are produced by the unfinished work on street improvements. Center avenne, from Soho street, in the Thirteenth ward, nearly to Hiland, in the Twentieth, is impassable on account of sewer excavations and grading, which, though producing temporarily appalling conditions, will work out into decided im provements by next year. Besidents along such streets can console themselves as they wade with the hope of clean pavements next year. For those wbo are obliged to travel streets that are impassable in a state of nature, so to speak, the conditions must afford a con vincing proof of the economy of pavements. Property, which cannot be reached with supplies during a mud blockade, or which must bnrn down if it should take fire, by reason of the inability of fire engines to get there, cannot be worth as much as property on paved streets and the difference is con siderably more than the cost of the pave ments. There are lessons in mud as well as ser mons in stones; and if those who are now struggling through the mire to reach or leave their homes apply the lesson rightly, it may prove well worth learning. MUTUAL BIGHTS. A good deal of criticism is being indulged in by some of the Philadelphia newspapers because the Pennsylvania Bailroad is build ing a cut-off by which its through trains can go through directly to New York from a station this side of Philadelphia, leaving the latter city, as the Philadelphia papers put it, "on a side-track." To raise antag onism to the Pennsylvania Bailroad because it seeks to provide the most direct route for its through business is not founded in jus tice. Neither Philadelphia nor any other city has the right to object to any railroad's providing the most direct route for traffic to and from other points. It has the right to claim that the best facilities shall be fur nished for its traffic, and to recognize the right of the corporation to do the same with its other business. It is with regard to the latter point that Philadelphia is justified in objecting to the policy of the Pennsylvania Bailroad. That corporation is fully entitled to make its New York cut-off; but it is not entitled in justice to prevent other roads from gaining ample facilities for handling the Phila delphia traffic The Belt Line project is an example by which Philadelphia wishes to give all competing railroads free access to her water front; and this is understood to be antagonized by Pennsylvania Bailroad in fluence, If Philadelphia can secure full terminal facilities.for all competing roads, she can let the Pennsylvania Bailroad im prove its facilities for handling through traffic without any prejudice to her rights. In other words the proper basis of action as between communities and corporations is to recognize the full right of cities to have the fullest and frceest opportunities for transportation under competition, and the right of the railroads to provide the most direct and advantageous lines for the traffic in which they engage. The method of the Kentucky Democrats who blew up their postoffico while celebrating the Democratic victories took on a singular variation in the case of the Warrinton, Va., Democrats, who in the jubilation of bonfires, burned down their Court House. After sober ing up, these enthusiastic rejoicers may reflect that as they will be taxed to build a new Court House, it may be cheaper In the future to con fine their rejoicings to United States property. It would be hopeless to expect that the lesson will teach that popular rejoicings give no war rant for the wanton destruction of property. It is remarkable to observe the unanimity with which the present generation of Ohio Democrats, in looking around for a man to send to the Senate, omits to consider the names of Thnrman or Pendleton, who have made their leadership in the past remarkable for its reliance on brains rather than barrels. If the present tendency keeps up, the champion record of achievement for 1S89 must be awarded to General Humidity. day oiganizcd the interests 'which -have long been pushing these claims -for an attack on Congress. The undoubted fact that large amounts at property were destroyed during the Civil War certainly gives them a founda tion: and it would be no more than just to have them properly adjudicated and settled. But it would not be discreet to pay the whole bill off-hand upon presentation, as was shown by the cutting down of our own riot loss claims. The proposition of the railroads to charge demurrage on all cars detained more than so" hours in loading and unloading is just and legitimate. It is the duty of all shippers to load and unload cars promptly and the duty of railroads to furnish cars to all shippers without delay or discrimination. The "W. C. T. U. has declared war on female and juvenile cigarette smoking. As this, in addition to Its opposition to intemper ance, gives It a rather large contract, the ma jority of mankind will unite in wishing more power to it. Ix requesting the directors to take steps for the sale of the Homewood Driving Park property, the stockholders merely bow to the inevitable. Though nearly a quarter of a million of dollars was spent for grounds and improve ments, the enterprise was not a success. Dis tance from the railroad and from other means ot access had something to do with the failure; the law against pool-selling also was a factor; but the chief reason for the Driving mark's want of success was a decline of public inter est in trotting races. Baseball as the national game absorbed so much interest that there was little left for any other sport; while the per formances of running horses have of late years proved of more general attraction on the turf than the contests of trotters. The frequent disruption of Pittsburg's streets, too, for the laying of gas lines, cable tracks and other use ful purposes, has lessened the old-time ardor for rapid roadsters. It is a singular and agree able fact, however, that, though the Park As sociation's venture was distinctly a losing one on the results ot racing, the prospects are that the great rise in the price of real estate will let the present stockholders out without loss. Anywhere from ESOjOOO to J30O.O0O is a probable figure for the one hundred acre tract which ten years ago was bought by the association for about 30,000. The misfortune of getting into a state of mind so that the person affected does not know what he is doing seems to spread from Michi gan to Pennsylvania. Jn addition to the trouble which Holzhay, the Michigan desperado devel oped, a similar case was.brought ont in a local murder trial yesterday. The Monongahela river coal industry, both miners and operators, are making an ex periment for a time, to see how it goes with no bread at all, before they accept the proverbial half loaf. The spectacle of an attornev for the pros ecution, called as a witness for the defense, was the singular one presented In the Cronin trial yesterday. The point sought to be established was apparently a legitimate one; but the possi ble results ot taking the opposing counsel as a witness are so infinite that it may be regarded as a desperate resort. We presume that the counsel for the defense in the Cronin case would object to have Judge Longenecker's ad dress to the jury go in as testimony which it cannot impeach. Sir Henry James develops the theory that everything the Land Leaguers did indi cated a wrong. The assumption being thai? they are all wrong themselves, it is impossible to gather figs from thistles. For this are high priced counsel paid to air their oratory. A double-edged scarcasm is contained in the explanation that the reason why the An archists hate the corporations so much is be cause the corporations contain so much water. "With regard to Gilbert's Mikado it was averred that when ho says a thing is done it is done. Germany arid Russia soem to have some thing the same idea in decreeing the removal of Prince Ferdinand from the throne of Bul garia. Bnt the plucky Prince sticks to the irrelevant idea that the suffrages of his sub. jects ought to determine tho matter, with more backbone than was shown by his predecessor under similar circumstances. A general strike among the Vienna shirt button makers, gives a shock to tho im pression that there had been, years ago, a strike on the part of civilized masculinity against the wearing of that effete and inconvenient institu tion, the old-fashioned shirt button. The Conemaugh at Johnstown is reach in: the danger lines; but Johnstown rests com paratively secure in the knowledge that there are no dams above it to burst. It is with much apprehension that those people who are living on streets where grad ing and paving happens to be in progress will view the stormy spell which now sets in. Two more weeks of fine weather would have enabled the contractors to finish up several important jobs. Hereafter the public will consider it good policy to take the necessary weeks at the beginning in place of the end of the working season. The astronomers report that six comets are now"VisIble; but the people wbo go out to look for them will be apt to come to the con clusion that the. astronomers must have dis covered them at the moment of contact with 'a New York policeman's club. Oil continues to hold itself in the vicin ity of SI 10, with a stiffness that defies the Chartiers Valley gusher and all its works. The complaint of somo clergymen that Christianity is making more progress in heathen Japan than in New York and Brooklyn, sug gests the explanation that If Christianity took more pains to convince the poor people of our cities that its professors mean to lire up to its principles, its progress might be more rapid. MARRIED A BARMAID. An Aristocratic Buffalo Youth Weds a Saloon Keeper's Prrlly Daughter. isrrciAL telegram to tub dispatch. Buffalo. November 20. Pretty Louise Huetter, daughter ot "Mother" Huetter. pro prietress of "The Triangle" saloon on the Ter race, and Louis Boescb, Jr., a son of ex-Alderman Rocscb, of the Twelfth ward, laughed at locksmiths to-day and eloped to Rochester, where they were married by Bev. Edward Zeller. The groom's parents, who are among tho best people at Black Bock, objected strenu ously to the uride'santecedents, and threatened to disinherit voupg Boeschif he married her. On the other hand, "Mother" Huetter took ex ceptions to the groom as being an "aristocrat,'' and would not permit her daughter to see him, removing her to Cold Springs. The bride is but 17 and very pretty. Roesch first met her three months ago behind her mother's bar. The parents have come around. AE0L1SH THE CAB STOYE. A Lesson Twnjibt bribe Recent Accident In Pittsburg. From the Washington Star, In spite ot all that has been done to reform the method ot heating cars, the telegraph brines us the news of a fatal accident with the old coal stove at Pittsburg yesterday. If Pennsylvania had copied her sister State, New York, in her legislation on this subject, such a casualty could not have occurred. The only thing left, it seems, if railroad influence is too powerful for the State Legislatures to resist, is for Congress to enact a law banishing the ooal stove on inter-State roads and in Federal terrl tory. Such a method was proposed by Mr. Tl llman of South Carolina, a couple of years ago, but was smothered in committee. Dentil ofEdwnrd Doty. The death of Edward Doty at llcaver Falls, Pa., last Tuesday night, removes one of the old citizens of I'l tubing from the scene or a busy and useful Ufc. He was a member or several lodges in this city. Mr. Hoty had a responsible situation for many years with the Llpplncott Ax Factory. The funeral will take place this afternoon from the home of Mr, Doty's son-in-law, No. ltl Forty fifth street. THE TOPICAL TAt&ER. What Alia the Carneglo Clock t Charge It to November Two Cases or Disappoint raent. "What is tho matter with tho chimes of the Carnegie Library Hall clock T Nobody can have heard the hour struck upon the bells in that beautiful storie tower without feeling that something was wrong with the clock's temper. There is a jarring suspicion of discord in the clang of the bells; not enoueh to be called a downright discord, hut apparent all the same, and unpleasantly to tho bearer. Especially is it noticeable if one happens to be near tho tower when the clock strikes. Perhaps it is this vile weather. Charge it to November with the Test of the Ills afflicting mankind just now 1 V WITH FOO AND RAIJT. With fog and rain November tries To set the earth in sorry pulse, Clouds all the sky with ghostly gray And chases everything away That might delight our wearied eyes. Hope finds It very hard to rise. And whisky straight not hence these sighs Makes crooked many a mortal's way With fog and rain. The trim Clotilda fairly cries As rubbers swell to monstrous size Her pretty feet and gossips say The roses or her cheeks decay, Her beauty In the conflict dies With log and rain. H. J. "I saw a case marked 'glass with care," and directed to you lying at tho station last night," said one suburban Benedict to another. "Some thing good for Thanksglvingf" "No a case of disappointment," replied the other, "thought it was wine and it turned out to be a parlor mirror with three bad oil-paintings on it." Another case of disappointment sticks up In my memory. A few years ago an East End clergyman of great benevolence took particular interest in ex-convicts. Ho rightly appreciated the diffi culties that beset a man wbo tries to keep in the straight and narrow path after a sojourn in the penitentiary. He helped several released prisoners to make an honest livelihood, and his Buccess made him enthusiastic on the subject of reformed convicts. After a-wnile it happened that this good dlvino got hold of a very brightyoung man who bad served his time for swindling. Such a fav orable impression did this young man make on tho clergyman that he made it his business to approach a very prominent lawyer on his, the ex-convict's, behalf. "It Is really a most promising case, my dear sir," said the clergyman to the lawyer, and the latter, goodnaturedly, said he would trv to make room for the reformed criminal in his office. Tho next day the lawyer met the clergyman on the train and said to him: "Well, how Is your promising case coming along 7" "Ob, it's a case of disappointment,'' replied the good man with a groan. "You know I gave tlfat young man shelter and food In my house, and last night he repaid me by stealing my overcoat, my wife's watch and many other things. He has disappeared." PEOPLE OP PROMINENCE. Charles Egbert Craddock is a striking il lustration of the old saying that beauty and brains are seldom found in the same person. Which does she possess? Robert Browning bears a remarkable like ness to the late J. B. Llpplncott, founder of the well-known Philadelphia publishing house. This resemblance is both in face and figure. , EGustave Dore, the celebrated painter, was a man of medium size, but with the head of a poet and the frame of an athlete. Although he was very rich, be was one of the worst dressed men in Paris. He was so devoted to his art that, even in company, when not napping and fiddling, he was making sketches. He was a trne Frenchman, and although decorated with more foreign orders than any of his cotempo aaries, no triumph abroad gave him half as much pleasure as the smallest succcess won in Paris. Christian Reid. one of tho most popular of the Southern novelists, is the daughter of Colonel Fisher, of North Carolina, after whom Fort Fisher was named. Ho was one of the first Confederate officers killed during the Civil War. Like Miss Phelps, Miss Fisher married late in life, arm is now Mrs. Tiernan. Since her marriage, in December, 18S8, she has published nothing. Christian Reid is refined, graceful, cultivated, an ultra Southerner and zealons Catholic She Is a tall blonde, with a beauti fully shaped head. Hoetenbe Bertrand, daughter of Count Bertrand, the most faithful of Napoleon's Gen erals, is still living in Paris. She accompanied her father and mother to St. Helena In 181 The Emperor taught the little girl her cate chism, and she made her first communion at the bands of the same abbe who administered the last sacrament to the dying Napoleon. Hortenso returned with her parents to France and married M. Thayer, a gentleman of Amer ican extraction. She retains a very vivid recol lection of the great Emperor and has many Napoleonic relics, among them his silver serv ice, his famous Waterloo coat, etc. Thackeray was fond of a good dinner, and when he was in this country enjoyed the terra pins and canvas-back ducks of the Chesapeake. He liked to gather a few choice spirits around him and have a good time, but all within the limits of becoming mirth, with wine, cigars, stories, etc Ho used to enjoy the Saturday nights at the Century Club, New York, where he once met Dr. Kane, soon-after the latter bad returned from one of his voyages to the North Pole. The doctor told Tbackoray how he had seen a sailor reading "Pendennis" by the light of a train oil lamp beneath a polar glacier. Amanda M. Douglas, the popular novelist. is one of the few living writers who knew Edgar A. Poe personally. When the poet was residing at Fordham, in 1843, Bhe was a frequent visitor at the house of a relative whose home was there. Here Miss Douglas, wbo was a girl at the time, met Poe, and bis large, dark eyes, broad, white forehead and lofty courtesy made an indelible impression upon the youthful Amanda. The poet's voice was low, but ex quisitely modulated. Ho never laughed, and seldom smiled. His smile was sweet but mel ancholy. Miss Douglas Is now nearly 60 years old, but is still actively engaged in literary pur suits. A LAKE UNDER HIS PARE The Surprising Discovery Made by nn Ohio Agriculturist. Ashland, O., November 20. Ben. Harmon, of Bed Haw, this county, is the owner ot a farm, which is considered by his neighbors to be more productive than any other piece of property In the vicinity In which he lives, or In the county, for that matter. Report comes Jo this city to-day that a subterranean lake had been discovered under a portion of bis farm, and what is stranger still, flsh have been caught through boles punched in the subsoil. The fish vary in size from a herring to a pound Eickerel, but are different, inasmuch as they ave no scales and are eyeless,they greatly re semble fish found In caves. They make a de cidedly delicate dish, the taste being not un like that of tho white fish, with the fatty flavor let tout. In a conversation with Mr. Harmon a corre spondent learned that the lake, so far as probed, extended over considerable ground. The exact dimensions have not yet been satis factorily ascertained. There is a subsoil of rich alluvium covering the lake, varying in depth from IS to 20 Inches. It has been very productive, yielding as high as 60 bushels of wheat to the acre a rare thing in Ohio. PENNSYLVANIA APPOINTMENTS. The Erie Collcctorshlp and Several Post masterships Disposed Of. JSPXClAI. TELEOBAM TO TUE WSFATCH.l WAsniNGTON, November 20. As predicted in these telegrams yesterday, "Mr, John M. Glazier, editor of the Erie AdvertUer, was to day appointed Collector ot Customs at Erie. Mr. Glazier is a particular friend of Commis sioner of Customs Holliday, and naturally the Secretary of the Treasury courteously deferred to the Commissioner the pleasure ot naming the customs officer in his town. A larger batch than usual of fourth-class postmasters were appolnted-in Pennsylvania to-day and most of them in tho western counties. They are as fol lows: H. Koberts, Barnes, arren county: a.t. nin. East Brook, and K. M. Davidson. Rnnn ttrooiv, nuu . Vallev. Lawrence county: JarapsM. Mills, inloll. ice county; Forest connty; H. C. Hoggs, Evans city, liniler county; Benjamin Franklin, Fallston, Beaver conntv Mlas Kdlth Creese. Foster Brook. Mp.?.,. county; Charles H. Hchumucker, Fried en, Homer-iercouuty;-Jonn W.Taylor, Sparta, Washington county. JENNlNGSiM'CANDLESS. A Fashionable Wedding at Bailor, At- tended by Many Flttsbnrgers. There was a notable wedding at the residence of Judge McCandless, in Butler, yesterday afternoon. A large and fashionable company gathered to assist at the marriage of his daugh ter. Miss Katharine McCandless, to Mr. John Q. Jennings, son of R. D. Jennings, the widely known petroleum producer. Shortly after 3 o'clock the ceremony was performed by Rev. W. E. Oiler, of the Presbyterian Church. The bride wore a white silk dress, ber ornaments being pearls and diamonds, the latter the gift of the groom. She carried a large bouquet of white roses apd presented a charming appear ance against a back ground ot ferns and palms. The show of wedding gifts was splendid, there being beantlful pieces of antique silver and pottery wita pretty decorations. As on a simi lar and recent occasion, Jndge McCandless' gift was a Government bond for 1,000. The groom, though a young man, basbeen remarkably successful in producing oil, and has the pleasure of possessing quite a fortune. After a tour of the Eastern cities Mr. and Mrs. Jennings will return here, but within a few months will reside in Allegheny. A most interesting feature of the marriage was the ap p earance of four handsome ladies in remarkv nly handsome dresses. There were a goodly number of guests from Pittsburg, Johnstown. New Castle and other nearby towns. Palms, ferns and flowers seemed to occupy every comer. The wedding breakfast was elaborate. After the departure of the bride and groom there was a delightful reception. With n Card Party. The "M. C. O.," of Oakland, were entertained last evening by Miss F. E. Banker, of Meyran avenue. Progressive euchre was the enter tainment The head prizes were won by Miss Annie Brady and Mr. B. F. Kelly. The former's favor was a beautiful little toilet box. and the tatter's a plaster case. Refreshments were served and dancing concluded the pleasures. Social Chatter. A musical and literary entertainment for the benefit of the McDonald W. and Y. W. C. T. U. will be held in the First Congregational Church, corner Manhattan and Franklin streets, this evening. Mr. O. D. Forney, Miss Lizzie McElwain and Miss Rosalind Forster will be the performers of the evening. The reception given yesterday afternoon by Mrs. Azaph T. Rowand and Miss Mary, of Edgewood, was very largely attended. The pretty home was bedecked with fragrant flow ers of every variety, the work being done by Elliott, and the supper, a delightful one, was served by Kuhn. Colokel J. M. Schoonmakeb will lecture this evening in Point' Breeze Presbyterian Church, for the Young People's Society of that church. A number of well-known vocalists will also contribute to the evening's enjoy ment. Miss Prrrike, of Forbes street Oakland, will entertain a few friends with euchre this evening and Introduce to them her guest, Miss Filley, from Philadelphia. The Maidens' Fair at the Emory M. E. Church to-night promises to be a great success. It will be continued to-morrow evening. The pink reception by the G. A. R. ladles at Cyclorama Hall this evening. Gernert's orches tra will be in attendance Mrs. Joseph Moffatt will receive her friends this afternoon at her lovely home at Swissrale. Miss Ltlles n. Huston, of Fulton avenue, gave an enjoyable art reception yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Robert B. Pettt, of Center avenue, will hare a progressive, euchre party this after noon. The Rochambeau Cotillon Club enjoyedtheir first reception in Cyclorama Hall last evening. The Woman's Exchange have their reception and opening of Christmas goods to-day. The Elnsteln-Guekenheimer wedding occurs to-day. A BOI EDITOR'S ENTERPRISE. He Gets a Poem and a Photograph From the Goapodur. From the Mew York Herald. 1 A New York Montenegrin received a copy of Glas Crnogorca, which is the official newspaper (and the only one) published at Cettmje, tho capital. I find in it an Item that I take the lib erty of translating and sending to you, know ing that your many readers, not only in the United States, but in all parts of the world, will find it interesting, and to many I am sure it will bring agreeable surprise at finding in tho hero of tne Black Mountains a kind, noble and liberty loving prince, who not only admires the American Institutions and government, but loves its people, for thev, like the Montene grins, have f ought bitterly for their freedom. The item translated from the Bias Crnogorca (which means "The Voice of the Montene grin") in its issue of October 26 is as follows: "His Highness our Gospodar" received a very Interesting letter and a beautiful photoarrapn from an American hoy who resides In the city of Ke York, U. S. A. In the letter the young American politely requests the Prince to send him his photograph, which he desires tojnut In his little paper, which Is published In New York, en titled the Sunny Hour, and begs the prince to ac cept his Dhotogr&ph, on the back of which the young American wrote as follows! "To the bravest prince of the bravest land, from a little boy who loves him. -1ILLU O, AI'ArEBT." Our Gospodar was so much touched by the sim ple request or the young American gentleman that he Immediately ordered his private secretary to forward to Mr. D'Anerv tits latest nhotosrranh. taken recently, and as a further mark or kindness the Prince wrote the following poem, which was sent, together with the photograph, to the young enterprising American, This is the translation of the poem, which is written in Slavonian, by the Prince: Whit, little child from far beyond theses, Ask you of the autocrat? The leader of wild mountaineers To send his Image to America the free. Here, little dear, is the portrait then; Put It upon the pages fair In your young Journal there, and tell To all your own free, happy countrymen That here nmonjc out mountains dark and drear 'j heir wisuoin, ana meir greatness too, "We know and hold In high repute. And are In love of liberty their peers. -Afcqfa. WIRES FOR PAN-AMERICA. An Important Extension of tho French Cable Company's Lines. From the New York World.I Tho Fronch Cable Company wag yesterday granted official authority by Secretary of State Blaine to land cables at Charleston, S, C,, con necting this country directly by wire with Haytf; San Domingo and Cuba. At Hayti tbc new cable will connect with the wires of the West India French Cable Company, running to Martinique. In theFrench West India colonies, and thence to Venezuela, opening up direct telegraphic 'communication between the United States and the Republics of Central and South America. Tbe work of laving tho cable has been ia progress for some months, and the company expects tn be able to land its cable at Charleston by the 20th Inst. Tbe new cable Is part ot a project longin con templation to unite tbe various French cablo companies' wires and establish a continuous telegraphic system by their lines all over tbe American continent. Lately the West India Com nan v extended Its lines from Martiniaue to Hayti, and transmitted the intelligence of the progress of the Haytian insurrection over the French Company's wires. IMPORTANT RAILROAD RDLINQS. Bonds Receiving Grants Mast Obey tho Commissioner's Orders. WASHJSOTOiT, November 2a H. A. Taylor, Commissioner of Railroads, has received from the Assistant Attorney General of the Interior Department, an opinion on the question as to whether railroads receiving grants of lands from States, which grants have been made to the States by Congress to aid in tbe construc tion of railroads, are amenable to the laws creating the Railroad Bureau, and are required to make such reports to it as the commissioner may prescribe. The Assistant Attorney General holds tbat the railroads concerned must make such re ports as the commissioner may require, or be liable to tbe penalties prescribed for refusal so to do. Tbe commissioner will demand of the companies concerned full reports of their phy. sical and financial condition. Why Candidates Are Plentiful. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Tbe plurality tor the Republican candidate for State Treasurer in Pennsylvania was about 61,000. This is one of the reasons why half a dozen aspirants for tbe party nomination for the Governorship, which will not be made un til next year, are already in the field. Sufficient Unto tbe Day. From the Baltimore American, Some perturbed spirits aro alarmed about the supply of great men that are to come. They should not worry. If we will only take care of the present, the future will take care of Itself and provide its own leaders. BORDER HA'IP BILL'S: Arguments Showing Why the National Gov eminent Should Pay Them Slnch Inter est Awakened on the Subject Tho citato Commission Meets and Organizes. ISriCIAI. TXX.EOKAK TO TUB DISPATCH.! Chambkrsbtjbo, November 20. The prom ised arrival of the Border Raid Commission, to make preliminary arrangements for the collec tion of the claims of the thousands of people who suffered losses by the destruction of prop erty by the Confederate army, attracted a large nrlrnriA nt naMAns YI n i J v the train carrjliiff the commission reached the ( Cumberland Valley Railroad station a crowd of several hundred bad congregated SuS vicinity. Carriages were in waiting for the visitors, wno were taken to the Wilson Female College and shown the operations of that pros perous Institution. Subsequently Governor Beaver, Senator Penrose, Representative HalL of Mercer, and Congressman Malsh, of York, addressed the young girls in the school in the chapel. The several speakers were given a most enthusiastic reception. The members of the commission, before meet, mg for organization, were conducted to tho Court House, where hundreds of men and women shook hands with Governor Beaver and bis associates. Among those who exchanged congratulations with the Governor was Judge Stewart, the independent Republican candidato for Governor In 1882, when Beaver Was de- leatca on account oi tne party revolt. Organized for Work. The commission was organized at the resi dence of Hon. Thad Mahon by the election of Governor Beaver, Chairman; B. M. Nead, of Harrisburg, Secretary, and Representative Skinner, of Fulton, Treasurer. After discus sion as to the most feasible means to obtain a favorable consideration from the National Con gress of the claims of the State and the people In the border counties, who sustained losses by the rebel invasion of Pennsylvania, a motion was adopted authorizing the Chair to appoint a committee of three to prepare a paper giving a history of the Confederate raids and the legis lation to secure the losers compensation, and to prepare a bill to be submitted to Congress at the earliest possible time for the reimburse ment of the claimants, amounting to about 4,000 from Franklin, Adams, York, Cumber land and other counties. The Governor appointed on this committee Attorney General Klrkpatrick, Thad Mahon and B. M. Nead. Messrs. Mahon and Nead are thoroughly familiar with the history of tho claims against the Government, having been appointed Special Claims Commissioners by Governor Hoyt in 1S79, and having since done much work in connection with them. Eating and Oratory. The drafting of the neeessary bill will be largely left to the Attorney General, and the work of the committee will be early submitted to the commission for its indorsement before presentation to Congress. Congressmen At kinson, ot Juniata county, and Maish, of York, gave the commission pertinent information as to the best way opexpedltlng the passage of the Indemnity bill, and posted the members in other matters ot Importance. Both promised to do their utmost to second the efforts of the commission, and gave it much encouragement At 2 o'clock the visitors were given a dinner at the McKinley Hotel, and the time until the de parture of the train for Harrisburg was taken up In eating and sneaking. Judge Stewart presided at the banquet. He made a brief speech, in which be said the border county people had sustained extraordi nary losses under most peculiar conditions and bad a just and equitable claim on the Govern ment. There were a number of precedents for the requested action. Ex-Judge Howe took a similar view of the question and pressed his points with vigor. Remarks were also made by Attorneys xiuncan, brewer ana uinam, ana Jacob S. Nixon, a prominent merchant, who awakened interest by stating that Governor Curtln had been informed by Secretary Stan ton, in response to a demand for troops, that the National Government desired to lay a trap for the enemy by permitting it to enter Penn sylvania. The Governor' Views. Governor Beaver responded to the toast of "The Commonwealth." proposed by Jndge Stewart. He said that, as the National Gov ernment bad called the troops, raised for the defense of Pennsylvania, ont of the State, and left the latter unprotected, it certainly should make proper financial reparation. He never nau any aouDt as to its legal naDiuty. Attorney General Klrkpatrick closed the speaking by making a compact, legal argument, in which be said the National Government was as much obligated to pay the losses by tbe Confederate invasion as was the Legislature to Sass laws to inforce proper contracts made by tate authorities, although it could not be com pelled to take such action. The commission then returned to Harrisburg. EAlSTEAD unbosoms himself. He Talks Freely to a New York Reporter About Bnckeyo Polities. (SPECIAL TKLIGKAM TO TBS DISPATCB.1 New York, November 20. Field Marshal Murat Halstead. editor of tbe Commercial Gazette, of Cincinnati, was at the Brevoort House to-day. He had bis old-time aggressive spirit and looked healthy and strong. He was willing to talk about Governor Foraker's de feat in Ohio; and he talked with vigor. When asked whether the question if tbo saloons caused Republican defeat be said substance: 'It Is a mistake to suppose that the saloon question defeated Governor Foraker and lost us the Legislature, it was the Bundav-closinc law that gave Mr. Campbell some 7,200 plural ity in Hamilton county, thereby electing him. Governor Foraker carried the county when be was elected tbe last time by some 6,000 plural ity. It can be readily seen, therefore, that Mr. Campbell's plurality in Hamilton county really elected him. and tbat if Governor Foraker had even held bis own in the county be would have "You see, the law previous to this last Sun day law left it with the City Council to regu late tbo sale of wine and beer on Sunday. The result was tbat tbe Council did nothing, and tbe sale of liquor had no check, whatever on Sunday. This resulted in a strict prohibitory Sunday law, which was rigidly enforced. 1 do not think tbe publication of the forged docu ments changed any votes to Campbell. No, I do not believe Governor r oraker knew tno papers were forged. I published them on my own responsibility." Comfortably Settled. f.rom the Chicago Tribune.1 The Brazilian Emperor has been uncrowned, but tbo coffee kings in tbe United States are more firmly on their thrones than ever. THAT BRAZILIAN BUSINESS. ST. Lotus Qlobe-Vcmocrat: Brazil will hardly choose Dom Pedro its first President. Nevertheless tbat country will havo some trouble in finding a better man for the post PhUiAjjelphia TimeM: The surprising feature of the revolution in Brazil is not that it has comerto pass for that was inevitable bnt that it has happened so suddenly and silently and with so few direct premonitions. Boston Herald: Tbe fugitive Emperor Dom Pedro will have difficulty in finding any body among tbe crowned heads of Europe to cheer him up. About tho only rulers wbo may be said to be truly bappy are those who owe their elevation to the suffrages of tbe people they govern. Chicago News: Most likely the days of tho Empire are over forever, but there are good reasons for believing that the dethronement ot Dom Pedro was tbe work of a bold taction which has not yet gained tbe confidence of the people. Perhaps the provinces will ratify the work, bnt they can scarcely have done so al ready, the telegraph to the contrary notwith standing. New York Tribune.: The United States of Brazil is now the natural ally of the United Btatesof America. These two mighty repub lics, rich in resources and in patriotism, should1 be bound together henceforth by indissoluble ties of commerce and common interests. They stand one in tbe North and the other In tbe South for government by and for tbe people, and for the paclfio destiny and enlightened progress of a free and self-reliant democracy. CrNCiKSATi Commercial Gazette: The Em pire o( Brazil has f allen,and with it the author ity of a crown passes from that part of tbe Western Hemisphere south, of the Canadian border. The only semblance of monarchical government that survives between the snows of Canada and the ice of tbe South Pole Is ex ercised by the Senate of the United States in its secret session. This is the last intrenchment of political imperialism. The secret session must go. Chicago Berald: Probably the tragnetlo attractions of Mr. Blaine are responsible for the revolution in Brazil by which its people have overthrown tbe monarchy and set up a republican form of government, His affection ate regard for South America was limited to its republics, and, to share it on equal terms with tbe rest, tbe Brazilians probably thought they bad got to become a republic themselves. It is a striking proof of the power sad Influence of Blaine magnetism. J" TroaWea of Erie Tralaaea rNTW TOBSC BCBatAB SrXCULS. I New YObk, November 20. Trouble Is brew ing between the Erie Bailroad and Its engineers, trainmen and firemen. A little black book, which was banded to the men by the company's officers a short time ago, Is the bone of conten tion. This book, known now amongthe men as the "cast-iron agreement," contained innumer able contracts, divided off into neat little para graphs, to which each engineer, fireman and tralhman'was expected to sign bis name. Sev eral of the paragraphs seem very oppressive. One of them, for instance, is to the effect that "D00ltuem. or instance, is to tue effect u I ".".SSLSSS capaciated, as a resuft of performing his duty. bs shall agreo that tbe company is in no way liable to him, further than it shall make re paration of its own accord. Every engineer and fireman and almost every 'trainman refused to sign tbe "cast-iron agreement." A grievance committee spoke for the men and against tne little black book from 3 to 7 o'clock last Mon day in tbe office of tbe Erie's General Manager, E. B. Thomas, who will announco the com pany's ultimatum to-morrow. At present the Erie road is Dlocked with a heavy pressure of freight, which tbe company has insufficient motive power to haul. In order to keep tbe road clear passenger engineers and conductors, at the conclusion of their week's work on Sat urday night, receive orders to go to Port Je'rvis, tbe terminus of the Eastern division, and run freight trains eastto Jersey City on Sundays. Should the company refuse to withdraw their demands as to the signing of the cast-iron agreement a tie-up of the most serious conse quences to the road will result. Tbe Teutonic's Fastest Time. A cable to the White Star Line office to-day announced that tbe steamship Teutonic ar rived at Queenstown at 2 30 o'clock this morn ing, just six days and eight hours after leaving Sandy Hook. This time is eight hours ahead of the Teutonic's best previous record. When tbe cable was sent the City of New York had not been reported. To equal the run of tbe Teutonic the City of New York should hare been reported at 830. At tbat hour the City of New York was still ont of sight of the lookout atFastnet. The result of the race between the two big racers does not surprise the wise acres ot metropolitan shipping circles. The Teutonic has longbeen considered tbo superior of the City of New York, it is now expected of the Teutonic that she will go to work and put from 20 to 2i hours between ber stern and the New York's bow. Conldo'i Llvo Without Beer Felix Broeisel. a young artist, and Lizzie Granmont. a girl from tbe Hester street dis trict, were alona together In an attic in Wooster street at 1 o'clock this morning. Broessel asked Lizzie to go out f er a can of beer. She refused. He again asked and she again re fused. Then be drew a revolver, and without a word shot himself through the heart. The shot and tbe woman's screams brought a police man to tbe nttic Broessel was already dead. In bis pocket tbe officer found two pawntick ets. U cents and this note: "If anyone hap pened to be in tbe room with me at tbe time the shot felt they are not responsible for anything that occurred." Broessel was a German artist, 20 years old. son of Christian Broessel. a tailor at 429 North Gllmore street, Baltimore. Young Broessel had been in Europe two years and re turned eight weeks ago. He came to this city in search of work, but found none. His left side was paralyzed, the result of lead poisoning from bis paints. Be was four weeks in arrears for board. He said on fonday that he had written to Baltimore and expected remittances from his father. Despondency over bis in creasing poverty doubtless drove him to sui cide. Shipwrecked Sailors' SuBcrlDgs. The steamer Loona. from Galveston, brought into, port this morning tbe shipwrecked captain and crew of the schooner Fnrman S. Milford. The Milford ran Into a series of gales between November 14 and 17, on her wayfrom Key West to Baltimore, Karly last Sunday morning tbe cargo shifted, the vessel began to labor and a little later began to sink. Tbe captain and crew of seven put off from ber in a small boat For SO hours they worked with might and main to keep their little craft from going down In the heavy sea. They had only hard tack to eat and nothing to drink. Tbey were picked up by the Leona on Monday. TBEATglCAL GOSSIP. PrrrSBtrno evidently thinks there Is a good deal of merit as well as luek in "Clover," for the Bijou Is being crowded nightly. Friday night promises to see every seat sold. There is a matinee on Saturday, it may be said, for tbe benefit of many inquirers. The general verdict on "Clover" seems to be more favor able than The Dispatch's, but tbe greater part of tho praise goes to the company, as might be expected. Not only are the stars, Miss Marion Hanota, Mis Myers, Madame Cot trelly, Da Wolf Hopner, De Asgells and tbe rest capable of tbe best kind of comlo opera work but tbe company as a whole pulls to gether as only CoL McCanll's companies do. Mr. Turtle's stage management is also a factor in the smoothness and easiness of the action, tbe changes of scene, etc in one of the longest and most trying of comlo operas ever pnt on tbe stage. "Clover" is an artlstlo success in all ways. "Kajaska" is pleasing large audiences. The matinee was well attended yesterday, and the McCaufl Company and other professionals were noticeable in the audience. Saevtct, the great Italian tragedian, with his company will play next week at the Grand Opera House in "Samson" and "Othello." Joe EMMETTinhisnewpliy. "Fritsln a Mad house," Is tbe safe and sure attraction at the Bijou next week, ATHarrls' Theater, next week, tho Nelsons will bold the boards, with a first-class vaude ville programme. Tan "Night Owls." old-time favorites, will flutter about the Academy of Music next week- TOE PRESIDENT BOUNCED And a Syndicate Formed to CeBtrol a Mcibodlst Suaiflaer Resort. r5MtCTAl.TSI.IOrUX TOTJIXDIr-ATCH.t Watkrtowk. N. Y., November 20. A syndi cate has been formed to buy and control all the stock of tbe Thousand Island Park Association, which owns tbe great Methodist summer resort on tbe SMLawrence river. Tbe syndicate has been successful in .getting a majority of the stock, and at tho annual meeting ofjtbe associa tion, held a short time ago. the Rev. M. D. Kinney, Its President, was bounced without a great deal of ceremony. Mr. Kinney has been in control for 12 years or more, and his overthrow caused not a little sur prise among the Methodist brethren and others wbo supposed him to be safely entrenched. The syndicate, which Is now In control, Is made up mostly of old stockholders wbo were dissatisfied with tbe former management. TKI-STATE TRIFLES. Mb. O. A. Bbswick; of HoUldaysburg, is bappy in the experience of having sent and re ceived a letter which left that place on the 18th of July lasr, and made a passage entirely around the globe, traveling east and. was re ceived November 13 in mail from tbe west; Tbe letter was in Aden, Arabia, to which place it was orlginaly directed August 11, and after a Visit to the United States consulate, was lent to Yokohama, Japan, where It arrived Septem ber It was there'advertlsed and then for warded to tbe United States October 10. Deduct ing the 18 days delayed at Aden, and the time it remained In tbe postofflce at Yokohama, tbe letter made tbe circuit around the mother earth In 88 days actual travel. The expenses ot tbe trip were just 6 cents. A doq left in Snyder's saloon, at Carlton, Pa., one night, whilo prowling around, opened the spigot of a barrel of whisky, allowing tbe contents to run out and thoroughly saturate the floor. In tbe morning the proprietor found enough on tbe floor to scrub out the saloon, but it was a very expeaslre "wash." A cootaxy 1 being formed la BeaiB to establish cutlery works there. Editor Gobsox, of the Mercer Dirpatch, has drawn a 11-pound pike from tbe dhenango. An Albino coon, without a gray balr on it, has been captured by J obu Barkley, ot Mowoe couu ty, O. Tbo animal has pink eyes. Thbsb years ago sevsn Wheeling girls, who moved is the saw set, reselTsd sever to marry. NowtJm all ktM ex cept eee, and her engagsmest is aanosBced. MATTIES MITROFOLITAN. i ' -... -...) ' .-.,rTi.,nvnS 1. 'Mara?" i. j!- " o l umu us" wn um b&nuaait - . - - -r: w "'.3 It is said that there are Slanguage and dialects spoken in Mexico. f A Democrat in Konana county,' Ia.',J was elected to the Legislature by a majority of 1 vote. If he bad remained at borne on the day of the election the result would have seen a tie. A mistake of one wonl recently cost 8. O. Fisher, of West Bay City, the price of SO bushels of potatoes. He told his clerk tor write to a Grayliiig man for 5 or 30 bushels, and the clerk wrote for barrels. One of the smallest traveling men in Michigan is a Sparling, of Kingsley. He is 23 years old, Inches tall, weighs 60 pounds, and represents a Chicago house. Jesse O'Cooly, of Jeffersonville, Ind., was arrested for desecrating the Sabbath at Scottsburg. His crime consisted In repairing ?br?ke,nTTIa;t8.anaaJr Pvent a wreck: the J.. M. & i, he being a section hand. A cork tree at Vistalia, Cal..was trans planted to tbe Court House yard last Friday. It was planted from an acorn fa 1857 in aracant lot. and has growo to be 30 feet high and 20 inches through the butt The bark is I inch thick, E. B. Duncan, of Salem, Ore., was feast ing last week on strawberries that grew and -ripened, unprotected, in the open air., Hls vines are still in bloom and he has a few berries in all the stages, some green and others are about matured. J Dr. Meade, of Cincinnati, Jeft his horse'1 untied and it ran away. The doctor sent mes-' sages all over town ana had about given up all hope of ever seeing bis rig asain. when be was , called to the telephone. He recognized the. voice of bis affianced, and was rejoiced to learn that the animal was standing patiently in Iron of her residence. There is a certain firm of subscription book publishers in Cincinnati thathas anagent wbo recently took a most wonderful number of orders. "I can't explain it," said one of tha firm, "except on the theory that he mesmerizes them. I know that I delivered the books to thev parties, and while they all acknowledged tbe genuineness of the signatures. thv niim.rt not to be able to remember the least thine Hiram Lester, now an Inmate of the Poor House, at McDonougb. Ga is thought to be tbe oldQt man in the world. His age is 120 years. Colonel Sloan, of McDonougb, who Is over SO years age, says when he was a boy Les ter was old man. Letter's teeth are perfectly sound and his eyesight and hearing are good. His skin is wrinkled and as bard as parchment. He-eats and sleeps well, and says be has given up all idea ot ever dying. He remembers all about tbe Revolutionary War and knew George Washington. Last July a well-dressed stranger en tered tbe First National Bank in Chattanooga, and purchased one draft for Hand two of. 88 each, paying for the same. The bank Is now notified tbat the ff draft has turned up in New York a HO draft. It seems that the awindleri went to Philadelphia and purchased a soda, fountain for 51,100, paylngfor the same with tbe raised draft and receiving 52,900 in exchange. . The draft was thrown ont by the New York., correspondent of the Chattanooga bank as a forgery. The work was so well done that it can hardly be detected by an expert. A Michigan exchange gives this advice t to its readers: "If a gray-haired woman of 60s" in moderately respectable attire is put off tho cars In your town because -she can't pay her fare any farther; If she almost immediately re ceives a telegram urging her to come home on the next train because her husband is dying, and if she tearfully and desperately. In a plenty loud voice, announces tbat she is going to walk home 100 miles, you let ber walk. She and her confederate, who sends the telegram, have worked tbe dying husband racket In half a dozen Michigan towns at a net profit, it is fig ured, of 115 a day. The first cargo of- the American bitumi nous coal that has been known to be shipped direct to Brazil will be taken by the schooner Hannah McLoon, which sailed from Philadel phia yesterday for Santos via Newport News. Many efforts have been made to introduce coal from this country into Brazil.but every attempt was thwarted by the coal monopoly of tbe country, which was in the hands of tbe En glish, who refused to handle the American product. Dnrlng the last two years thousands of tons of coal shipped from Philadelphia have been landed at St. Thomas and Martinique, driving out all foreign coal. The McLoon gets S3 60 per ton freight. No variety of chrysanthemum is more widely known than the Mrs. Alpheus Hardy, an exquisite feathery white. The story of tbe lady and the flower Is somewhat romantic. Years ago Mrs. Alpheus Hardy and her ho. band were on a veasel coming from Japaa'.teui ., this conntrr. After the vssssl had Ion savamfgyv days out a little Japanese stcwaw3ywas found r3y was fimna,, became toterigr'' ' among somer goods. The Hard js estea in did, ana on tne lanaing C.WU ... 14.MJ. UU WU .UV UNIUUlfa ft .MB GW. V. took tne little teuow to tneir home in Boston and educated him. He afterward returned to j bis country as the Bov. Neesema. a native mis sionary, wnence he sent back to Mrs. Hardy tbe J most magnificent collection of chrysanthemum roots that the country possesses to-day. The teacher of a school in St Joseph, Mo., last Friday night placed Willie Lechtman in a closet in a deserted room as punishment -for some trivial offense, but forgot to release tbe culprit when tbe week's session was ended and went home. The janitor, while going about the- building; beard someone crying-, but tbougbt it was a child in tbe neighborhood and i paid no attention to It. Time passed and the wall continued and grew weaker and mora piteous. This touched bis heart, and he began-f search for the source and soon located the little prisoner in the closet. Tbe teacher had "1rn that tVar with Tioi arA Tick va rtmvoTTH to force tbe door. The' bo v. when released, was M in a pitiful condition. T. P. Smvthes, wbo has made some im portant geological discoveries in Indiana, stated to on Indianapolis reporter: "There is a great lake under a part ot Indiana, as yon are already probably convinced. I have explored it. I was sinking a well on my place In Orange county, when suddenly the drill knocked a piece ont of tbe bottom and disappeared. Tn rough the opening cnld, clear water rushed. filling tbe well to the depth of 20 feec At this level it stands. I have pumped water for hours, using a steam engine once, and tbe water does not lower an inch. One day I drew up a flsh in a bucket of water. I had heard neighbors telli. stories of subterranean fish, but this was the first lhvl seen. Ihaveitnere laalcohoU-'Asl yon see, it is eyeless." Tne flsh. was small.'ot reddish color, and almost transparent. Hold-' lng It before the light one could count every bone In the fish. .The part of tbe State where tbe underground lake exists is hilly, full of gulches sua caves. It is there tbat Lost river, a considerable stream, gradually sinks away and Anally disappears altogether. A few miles west, at Orangevlllt, a great body of water (commonly believed to be. Lost river) gashes irom the earth. It foams and gushes against the rock and comes forth in sufficient power and quantity to famish power for a mill. MERRY MOMENTA. The good things men do may be interred with their bones, but thf eofflns of some men are not crowded. Jtoy rrttt. She And now that we are engaged. John" dear, bovlone; shall the enf axement be for? He (an absent-minded lawyer, who has Jost, , drawn up railroad lease J-Oh. tstjears, I s'pose. f -.. . .......... .,.tj. 5 An inherent Aniipawy. --vrnyuo you; suppose tbe Anarchist are so down on corpora tions?" 'Because the corporations contain so smelt . water." Few XortSu. M the Ballet, Little Girl (fearfully) ' Mamma, when are the Indians coming on? Mother-Hush, dear: there are no Indians. Little Girl-Then who scalped all the men In the front seatsT Sev Xort Sun. Vm.4.. .1 IX ..1.4 .... .. l.Mi7.t .wwti.uau uuiuuiiTHiiiumt rj. Pedestrian (calmly) I have been ont shopplasj i all dav with nr wife. 3 Footpad (STmpthetlcalIy)-Br Jiakit Here,1 r . take this quarter.ff'w tor WUy. Beggar I've met with many misfortunes, " "" sir, and haven't a dollar to glvo to mysuHerlns; '' xt. family. Can't yon help me out? " Business Man-Yes, sir, lean help you out. but you wilt feet much more at ease ir you help your self out. There's the door, Few Jtork 8un. Why He Couldn't Settle. "Mr. Orville-5 ' , B.Dupp.ael4 themanwlth a bllUtn land. u harsh, menacing voice,-"you sabt tou would cer- 'Jt-, talnly pay this If I would call this morning!" Jf?' "IknowldhV'sald the miserable man, 'bnt.,S4 my wife is oat somewhere' with my poeketbookj, ,f auyinz me a nirtnaay present." wmotst - vac. Professed Too Much. Capitalist Mr, danghterl homely, cross-eyed, bomp-thouldered and has a dlsnoililan lite s hornet's nest, what do you want to marry her for? onff Han f MfnttvlV tare Bar. sir. CapIUUst-Tbeayoaean'thavsber.slr. IdoVt, want to take a blamed fool miomyismuj. - cago Tribune, QSX BZ5D 07 A XAK. "Whene'er he has .1 tale to tell, With purpose good or vlelons. Or ghost or a-oblta. Jinn or fcelV Or other thirties suspicious. He never tells it In the dark. Yet always start with the remarks - ill u. mnt .TTtl.ntltlOUS." -H'MMnffWPsSj ! ., fix T W-, . i .V'- ' 1 " S; J&&,X i3?&r.C- iiihuw! t mi Wfe 'iVrf fjjg